Garbage or ash can.



G. POOHT.

GARBAGE OR ASH CAN. APPLICATION FILED-MARIA 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed March 7, 1905. Serial No. 248,814.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FOCHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in

the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Garbage or Ash Can. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cans generally employed as receptacles for garbage, ashes, street-sweepings, and the like, and has for its principal object to provide a novel form of readily-transportable can possessing great strength and durability and which may be readily dumped when necessary.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of closure that may be rigidly clamped in place to prevent the escape of odors, the closure being of such construction that it may be wholly detached from the can when the latter is to be emptied.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a can of such construction that it may be conveniently transported without danger of spilling of the contents.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinaf ter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is a vertical section of a garbage or ash receptacle constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the closureclamping means. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate a slightly-modified construction of can. Fig. 6 is asectional view of the lower portion of a construction of can which may be employed in connection with an auxiliary transportingtruck.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The base of the can is formed of a rim 10,

that may be of cast or rolled metal and is approximately of Y shape in cross-section, having three webs 11, 12, and 13, the latter web normally resting on the ground, while the webs 11 and 12 are connected to the lower portion of the can-body proper.

The can is formed of heavy sheet metal having tapering sides that gradually increase in diameter from the lower to the upper end, while the bottom is formed of a dome-shaped piece of sheet metal 15, the curvature of the bottom being such as to add materially to its strength, and said bottom being held from flattening out by the flange or Wing 11 of the base-rim.

The top of the can is arranged at an angle oblique to the vertical axis of the can, and the edge is turned and wired, as shown. The rear portion of the can is higher than the front, so that when the can is resting in normal position and waste material. of any kind is dumped in from the front of the can the higher rear edge of the can will act as a guard to prevent accidental discharge of any of such material.

To the rear of the can is secured a handle 17, approximately U-shaped in form and including a horizontal hand-bar and vertical bars, the lower ends of which are flattened and riveted or' otherwise secured to the canbody, and at the side are arranged auxiliary handles 18, which may be employed in lifting and emptying said can.

The rear portion of the base-ring 10 is provided with two pairs of ears or lugs 19, having small spindles 20, on which are mounted rollers 21, and by grasping the handle 17 and drawing back on the can the latter may be tilted until its web rests wholly on the rollers, and the can may then be moved forward to any desired distance. The greater height of the rear portion of the can is of value when the can is tilted, inasmuch as it prevents the overflow of the contents of said can should the latter be filled up to or near the level of the front portion, and the height of the rear portion in excess of the front portion is preferably such that the can may be tilted back far enough to establish a center of gravity over the vertical plane of the spindles 20, so that little or no effort will be required in moving the can forward or backward. To assist in the emptying of the can, an auxiliary handle 22 is placed near the lower front portion, as indicated in Fig. 1.

In cans employed for the reception of garbage, ashes, and the like it is desirable to employ a tight-closing lid that may be detached from the can proper when the latter is to be emptied. For this purpose a sheet metal .on the rear edge of the can.

cover 25 is employed, the edge of the cover being fluted in order to fit closely to the wired rim of the can. Extending diametrically across the cover and riveted or otherwise secured thereto is a strap 26, formed of comparatively heavy sheet metal and having its rear end projecting beyond the edge of the can and forming a yieldable hook for engagement with the central portion of the main handle 17, and the yield or elasticity of the projecting portion of the strap is such that when placing the cover in .place it is first raised to a horizontal position, or its front end is tilted up, so that the hook may be introduced under the handle, and then the cover is lowered' until the rear portion of the cover rests The front of the cover is then forced down into place and locked. To the front end of the strip 26 is riveted a small bracket 29, having pivot-ears 30, between Which is pivoted an approximately semicircular link 31, the lower end of which is pivoted to a manuallyoperable lockinglever 32 at a point intermediate the length of the latter. The upper end of the lever 32 is provided with a concaved face for engagement with the beaded or wired edge of the front of the can, and the opposite end of said lever is bent outward to form a handle. While the cover is being placed in position the handle and link may be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and after the front of the cover has been forced down the end of the lever is placed under the wired edge of the can and thence is forced downward until the twopivot-points of the link are on the same side of the center of the wired edge, the locking-lever being thus rigidly held in place, as will be evident on reference to Fig. 3.

In some cases it may be desired to employ a can wherein the Wheels or rollers are arranged partly within the lines of the can in order to restrict the base area of said can, this being particularly the case where the can is designed for use in connection with a cart or similar carrier, by which it is ordinarily conveyed from place to place until filled, the

roller or rollers thereafter serving as a convenient means for further handling of the can. In Figs. 4: and 5 is illustrated a construction of this character, in which the basering is provided with a recess 3 L for the reception of a single roller 21, although it will be understood that more than one roller may be used, or a single roller only may be employed in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the roller or rollers being simply for the purpose of avoiding the necessity of carrying the can to the dumping-point.

In Fig. 6 is illustrated a slightly-modified construction of can in which the base-ring 10 is provided with notches 30 and 31 for the reception of the locking devices. This can is intended principally for use in connection With a carrying-truck, and the notches may be employed for the reception of devices for securing it to the truck. In this case the rollers are not necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with a base-ring having an inwardly-extended annular flange curved in cross-section, a canbody arranged within said base-ring and having an arched bottom curved to conform to the curvature of the flange and resting thereon, a pair of sets of lugs projecting from the rear portion of the base-ring, rollers journaled between said lugs, and an operators handle secured to the upper rear portion of the can in vertical alinement with the rollers, the can being of gradually-increasing diameter from bottom to top, and its rear edge being in a plane above the plane of the front edge to permit rearward tilting of the can during transportation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FOGHT.

IVitnesses:

\Vu. R. STANTON, CHAS. A. STDRM. 

